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LOCAL : 3 Sought in Encino Jewelry Holdup

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<i> From Times staff and wire service reports</i>

Police are looking for three men who escaped with jewelry worth more than an estimated $100,000 after an armed robbery in Encino, authorities said today.

The men entered the Carl & Co. jewelry store in the 16300 block of Ventura Boulevard at 11 a.m. Wednesday, police said. The robbers forced employees at gunpoint to turn over jewelry from store displays and a safe.

The trio escaped in a stolen car that was later found abandoned nearby on Ventura Boulevard. No suspects have been identified in the robbery, detectives said.

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